Publication History
This book is the first Brown and Williams collaboration. Other books Brown and Williams worked on together include Wait till the Moon is Full (1948), Fox Eyes (1951), Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952), Scuppers The Sailor Dog (1953), Three Little Animals (1956), and Home for a Bunny (1956).
Little Fur Family is notable for its front cover, which features a patch of "fur" on the fur child's body that the reader can touch. The original edition of the book was entirely wrapped in real rabbit fur. At 50,000 copies printed, it has been estimated that 15,000 rabbits were killed and skinned to provide enough fur. The fur-covered original edition also — perhaps unintentionally — references Méret Oppenheim's well-known Surrealist art piece Breakfast in Fur (Object Le Déjeuner en fourrure), a fur-covered teacup, saucer and spoon.
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